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SPOOL.

APPLIICATION FILED FEB. a. 1916.

1,207,010 Patented Dec. 5,1916.

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JOSEPH FLAX, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPOOL.

Application filed February 8, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn Fmx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which is appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in spools and relates more particularly to thread spools such as are commonly used by tailors.

To this end and to such others as the invcntion may pertain, the same consists in n-oviding, in connection with one end of a spool, an open trough or chamber within which is placed beeswax, the bottom of the chamber being such as to render it convenient at all times for the tailor to wax the thread.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spool constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a central section of the same.

Reference now being had to the details Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 76,997.

of the drawings by numeral, 1 represents a spool of ordinary form and construction, one end of which is recessed or cut away as shown at 2 to form a spherical concaved chamber for the reception of wax 3, the width of the chamber being such as to permit the pressing of the thread by the thumb of the operator into contact with the wax contained within the chamber, the surface of the wax being flush with the plane of the outer edge of the chamber so as to in no way interfere with the packing of the spool for shipment or storage.

It will be noted at once that, in view of the annoyance occasioned by a tailor by reason of the misplacing or loss of the wax required for use in his work, the advantage of providing a thread spool with a chamber of this kind is at once evident.

Having thus described my invention, what JOSEPH FLAX.

W'itnesses amina J. BECKER, MARTIN TROELSEN.

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